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Reply to A Official "Epic Request" to Stardock from the Player Community in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="falconne2" reply="228" id="2773726"]Can we sign against the petition now? Multiplying everything by 10 does not create an "epic" feel. Time would be better spent on enhancing tactical battles, improving combat mechanics and adding more special abilities and varied spells. [/quote] 100% agree with you. [quote who="stax77" reply="242" id="2773917"]I'm happy with the unit sizes as they are in the game now. I don't see how displaying

Reply to Until they fix the economy this game is unplayable as a TBS-strategy/wargame in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Noble713" reply="48" id="2773476"] What we should have is technology research --> better food production --> bigger cities --> city populations pay more taxes (gildar). Gold mining would be a parallel source of income, with quest loot towards the bottom. I would drastically reduce the monster spawning and eliminate the gold rewarded from everything but believable opponents like bandits. Bandits probably have money. Spiders shouldn't.<br /

Reply to A Official "Epic Request" to Stardock from the Player Community in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Satrhan" reply="185" id="2773218"] Quoting cpl_rk, reply 182 I think the scale of the game as-is is fine. It's designed to be a "company" level game not "divisional" or "army" level if that's was you posters mean by "epic". This is simply not true. Elemental is a game where you build a kingdom or empire. You are its ruler, not some low level noble or commander. You are defending your entire country, or invading others. This means

Reply to Sugestions by Lyander in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="Lyander" reply="1" id="2773186"]Oh yeah forgot to mention balance out equipment costs I am not sure why it costs less to make a squad of troops all with maces cost less then it would to buy a mace for myself [/quote] Wholesale prices [e digicons]:grin:[/e]

Reply to This is the story of the Hurricane... in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I've never used this spell myself as I usually use the earth magic book. I've seen the AI use it on occasion when I go up against an air elemental. It usually casts the spell on one of my macemen in the first line, teleporting it to some random location. It's a fairly useless spell IMO, but might have it use if you get boxed in a corner against a superior unit that you know will kill you, then just teleport it randomly & hope it gets sent to the other corner of the

Reply to A Official "Epic Request" to Stardock from the Player Community in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I think the scale of the game as-is is fine. It's designed to be a "company" level game not "divisional" or "army" level if that's was you posters mean by "epic". This is not important, the stuff that really needs fixing is: 1) quality of AI (by far) on both strategic & tactical sides. 2) stuff related to tactical combat: improved weapons differentiation & variety, improve unit movement so that most every unit is not just moving 2-squares a round, improved terrain

Reply to Epic Battles in War of Magic Elemental Forums

This game is obviously not designed for "epic" scale. This game is not designed as an "army" level game but rather at "company" level. For those of you that are interested in epic fantasy battles in a new game on an "army" scale, I recommend Dominions 3. Frankly, I like both scales as a strategy game player. I would not want to see the stack cap incresed in this game as it will just lead to longer battles that will end with the same result. Instead of larger battles, I'd pr

Reply to Discussion: General Combat System in War of Magic Elemental Forums

There are as many different ideas as how tactical combat should be implemented as there are stars in the sky. I'm mostly behind the second poster who said he liked the system as is. i.e. I also prefer simplified combat, and I think that's what the designer wanted from the getgo which is great from my POV. However, there are some problems with the combat system as it is now that I'm seeing which need to be fixed. 1) 99% of the troops move two squares a turn. There n

Reply to Until they fix the economy this game is unplayable as a TBS-strategy/wargame in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote quoting="post"]I have 4 cities, all level 3. I am making... wait for it.... 2.6 gildar a turn. Between a few soldiers to hold off the hordes (Epic pace, all AIs on Ridiculous, Large Map, Max # of opponents)... PLEASE fix the economy so that monster farming/locations do not have to be the only way of making income. Argh. J [/quote] I don't see this as an element of the game that needs to be fixed, since

Reply to Until they fix the economy this game is unplayable as a TBS-strategy/wargame in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote quoting="post"]I have 4 cities, all level 3. I am making... wait for it.... 2.6 gildar a turn. Between a few soldiers to hold off the hordes (Epic pace, all AIs on Ridiculous, Large Map, Max # of opponents)... WOW I get to build one thing every 50 turns or so.... how FUN. J [/quote] I had the same problem the first couple of times I played this game until I figured out how much money can be gotten from the wanderi

Reply to Too Easy??? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Revenooer" reply="38" id="2772138"]GUYS--- The point of my original post was, that if you find it so very unchallenging even on 'ridiculous' difficulty level, why not play without one of your knights? Or a rook? I have played chess against youngsters just learning the game with such handicaps. You really have to know how to use the other pieces and [/quote] The thing is, and I think most of the other posters

Reply to Too Easy??? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Revenooer" reply="38" id="2772138"]GUYS--- I do not mean this to be nasty, sarcastic or whatever, but tell me again how TOO EASY even at the 'ridiculous' level this game is? [/quote] The first couple of games I played, I lost. By the fifth game or so, I am unable to lose even on the highest difficulty setting. Unfortunately, this is the plague of the modern PC game, weak AI. Modern developers are too focused on grap

Reply to no mouse cursor in Technical Sins Forums

I tried uninstalling & reinstalling, exact same problem. I don't know how to "verify" the installation with impulse? (whatever that is/means). Display tab for video card under run says: intel express chipset family, DAC type: internal, 128 MB memory, which matches system reqs on page 7 of manual. I installed from disks provided in the game box (not a download from net). I'll send an email to support ..

no mouse cursor in Technical Sins Forums

I just installed sins of a solar empire. After installing I am unable to play the game as I have no mouse pointer. I have installed and played dozens of games, and this is the first time it's happened, hence I know for a fact nothing is wrong with my mouse which works perfectly well in every other application. The mouse pointer works fine in the game but is "invisible" I cannot see where it's at. I am able to click on various buttons when I mouse-over with the mouse poi